HBV and HCV infections in Wilson's disease patients: copper overload could be protective?

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Case-Control Studies
• Copper / blood*
• Female
• Hepacivirus / pathogenicity
• Hepatitis B / blood
• Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
• Hepatitis B / virology
• Hepatitis B virus / pathogenicity
• Hepatitis C / blood
• Hepatitis C / epidemiology*
• Hepatitis C / virology
• Hepatolenticular Degeneration / blood
• Hepatolenticular Degeneration / epidemiology
• Hepatolenticular Degeneration / genetics
• Hepatolenticular Degeneration / virology*
• Heterozygote
• Humans
• Male
• Mutation
• Oxidation-Reduction
• Superoxide Dismutase / metabolism